Lawson Craddock

Lawson Craddock
Craddock at the 2014 Grand Prix d'Isbergues
Personal information
Full name Gregory Craddock
Nickname Lawson
Born (1992-02-20) February 20, 1992[1]
Houston, Texas, United States
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current team EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale
Discipline Road, track
Role Rider
Rider type All-rounder
Professional team(s)
2011–2013 Trek–Livestrong
2014–2015 Giant–Shimano
2016– Cannondale

Gregory "Lawson" Craddock (born February 20, 1992) is an American professional road and track racing cyclist.

Cycling career

After spending the 2014 and 2015 seasons with Giant–Shimano in the UCI World Tour, he moved to rival Cannondale for the 2016 and 2017 seasons.[2][3]

Craddock raced in the 2018 Tour de France. He crashed during the first stage, causing a hairline fracture in his scapula, but continued racing.[4] After that crash, he took to social media announcing he was donating $100 for every stage he finished to the Greater Houston Cycling Association in the rebuild of the Alkek Velodrome, where Craddock got his start in cycling and was damaged by Hurricane Harvey. A GoFundMe page was also set up for people to make direct donations to the cause. Craddock finished the race as the "lanterne rouge", becoming the first rider in Tour history to hold last place after every stage[5] and earning nearly US$200,000 for his cause.[6]

Career achievements

Major results

2008
National Novice Track Championships
1st Scratch
1st Points race
2009
1st Stage 1 (ITT) Edgar Soto Memorial
1st Stage 2b (ITT) Tour du Pays de Vaud
2nd Time trial, UCI World Road Junior Championships
4th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
2010
National Junior Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
1st Stages 2 & 3 (ITT)
1st Stage 1 Tour de New Braunfels
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Regio Tour
2nd Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan
1st Stage 2 (ITT)
3rd Time trial, UCI World Road Junior Championships
3rd Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
1st Prologue & Stage 4 (ITT)
3rd Paris–Roubaix Juniors
2011
1st Stage 2 (ITT) Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
1st Stage 10 Tour de la Guadeloupe
1st Stage 2 Hotter'N Hell Hundred
2nd Time trial, National Road Under–23 Championships
4th Overall Tour de Berlin
4th Overall Tulsa Tough
2012
2nd Time trial, National Road Under–23 Championships
3rd Time trial, Pan–American Road Under–23 Championships
3rd Overall Cascade Classic
3rd Copperas Cove Classic
5th Overall Tour of the Gila
1st Stage 5
2013
2nd Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
1st Stage 2
7th Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge
8th Overall Tour of California
1st Young rider classification
2014
3rd Overall Tour of California
1st Young rider classification
2016
5th Overall Tour of California
6th Overall Critérium International
9th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
2018
1st Mountains classification Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
9th Amstel Gold Race

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — 124 — 145
A red jersey Vuelta a España DNF 42 — — —
Legend
DSQDisqualified
DNFDid not finish
IPIn progress

References

  1. ↑ http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/Lawson_Craddock
  2. ↑ "Craddock joins Cannondale-Garmin in 2016". cyclingnews.com. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Meet Lawson Craddock, a rising star of American cycling and the first Texan to race the Tour de France since you-know-who". Business Insider. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  4. ↑ Ford, Bonnie D. (July 14, 2018). "Injured Lawson Craddock rides on for team, Houston, at Tour de France". ESPN.
  5. ↑ Ingle, Sean (6 August 2018). "Last but not least: Craddock wears Tour's red lantern as badge of courage". theguardian.com. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  6. ↑ Scott, Roxanna (July 29, 2018). "American cyclist Lawson Craddock is last in Tour de France, raises $192K for velodrome". USA TODAY. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
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